A comparative assessment of conventional culture and nucleic acid techniques in the detection of Legionella pneumophila, in seeded tap water samples was performed, using bacterial concentrations ranging from 994 to 0.015 cfu ml-1. Different filtration and centrifugation protocols were evaluated. The results permitted the development of a tentative algorithm for the detection of legionellae in tap water. Samples should first be analysed using PCR methods. In the event of quantitative data and bacterial strains for epidemiologic typing being required, the same sample, or a greater volume of the sample, if positive with PCR, can be re-tested by filtration through polycarbonate membranes followed hi plating a homogenate of the filter. If samples are found to be negative with PCR, they can be re-analysed in greater volumes by filtration through polycarbonate membranes followed by direct placing of the filter on culture media, to allow detection of very low numbers of bacteria. This protocol should be validated in the field before it can be routinely implemented.
Comparison of conventional culture and PCR methods for the detection of Legionella pneumophila in water / Villari, Paolo; E., Motti; C., Farullo; I., Torre. - In: LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0266-8254. - STAMPA. - 27:2(1998), pp. 106-110. [10.1046/j.1472-765x.1998.00389.x]
Comparison of conventional culture and PCR methods for the detection of Legionella pneumophila in water
VILLARI, Paolo;
1998
Abstract
A comparative assessment of conventional culture and nucleic acid techniques in the detection of Legionella pneumophila, in seeded tap water samples was performed, using bacterial concentrations ranging from 994 to 0.015 cfu ml-1. Different filtration and centrifugation protocols were evaluated. The results permitted the development of a tentative algorithm for the detection of legionellae in tap water. Samples should first be analysed using PCR methods. In the event of quantitative data and bacterial strains for epidemiologic typing being required, the same sample, or a greater volume of the sample, if positive with PCR, can be re-tested by filtration through polycarbonate membranes followed hi plating a homogenate of the filter. If samples are found to be negative with PCR, they can be re-analysed in greater volumes by filtration through polycarbonate membranes followed by direct placing of the filter on culture media, to allow detection of very low numbers of bacteria. This protocol should be validated in the field before it can be routinely implemented.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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